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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 08, 2008
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2000
Katherine H. Guo, Eatontown, NJ (US);
Markus A. Hofmann, Tinton Falls, NJ (US);
Sanjoy Paul, Marlboro, NJ (US);
Tze Sing Eugene NG, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Hui Zhang, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Katherine H. Guo, Eatontown, NJ (US);
Markus A. Hofmann, Tinton Falls, NJ (US);
Sanjoy Paul, Marlboro, NJ (US);
Tze Sing Eugene Ng, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Hui Zhang, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Lucent Technologies Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Abstract
An apparatus and method to enhance existing caches in a network to better support streaming media storage and distribution. Helper machines are used inside the network to implement several methods which support streaming media including segmentation of streaming media objects into smaller units, cooperation of Helper machines, and novel placement and replacement policies for segments of media objects.